Ausgabe 1/2019
Inhalt (218 Artikel)
The 2 years’ long-term efficacy and safety of peroral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of achalasia: a systematic review
- Open Access
- Review
Huan Li, Wei Peng, Shu Huang, Yutang Ren, Yan Peng, Qing Li, Jiao Wu, Xiangsheng Fu, Xiaowei Tang
Vibration transmittance measures sternotomy stability – a preliminary study in human cadavers
- Open Access
- Research article
Juha Hautalahti, Atte Joutsen, Sirkka Goebeler, Tiina Luukkaala, Jahangir Khan, Jari Hyttinen, Jari Laurikka
Correction to: Case report and management approach in idiopathic pulmonary arteries aneurysm
- Open Access
- Correction
Saleem Haj-Yahia, Mohammad Sbaih, Khalil Bali, Ahmad Darwazah, Wafiq Othman, Mahmoud Zaghari, Gianni Angelini, Massimo Caputo, Abdel-karim Barqawi
Changes in chest wall motion with removal of Nuss bar in repaired pectus excavatum – a cohort study
- Open Access
- Research article
Nicola Oswald, Zara Jalal, Salma Kadiri, Babu Naidu
Neurological complications after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Does the left subclavian artery coverage without revascularization increase the risk of neurological complications in patients after thoracic endovascular aortic repair?
- Open Access
- Research article
Dariusz Janczak, Agnieszka Ziomek, Jakub Kobecki, Maciej Malinowski, Kornel Pormańczuk, Mariusz Chabowski
In-vitro and in-vivo evaluation of a novel bioprosthetic pulmonary valve for use in congenital heart surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Jonas Rasmussen, Søren Nielsen Skov, Ditte Bruus Nielsen, Ida Lindhardt Jensen, Marcell Juan Tjørnild, Peter Johansen, Vibeke E. Hjortdal
Trimodally treatment for stage IIIa NSCLC patients increases survival while not effecting surgical mortality or complexity
- Open Access
- Research article
Dan Aravot, Yaron D. Barac, Efrat Krutzwald-Josefson, Aaron M. Allen, Dov Flex, Nir Peled, Mordechai R. Kramer, Yuri Peysakhovich, Milton Saute
To repair or not to repair: a case report of atrioventricular groove hematoma during mitral valve surgery
- Open Access
- Case report
Hiroshi Nagamine, Yusuke Date, Takeshi Takagi, Yushi Kawase
Dual inflow without circulatory arrest for hemiarch replacement
- Open Access
- Case report
Tae Yun Kim, Kyung Hwa Kim
Use veno-venous extra corporeal membrane oxygenation in elderly patients with post-cardiotomy hypoxia: the changing paradigm of respiratory support in adult respiratory distress syndrome
- Open Access
- Case report
Sara Volpi, Federico Sertic, Kamen Valchanov, Ravi De Silva
Predictive risk factors for lymph node metastasis in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer: a case control study
- Open Access
- Research article
Yusef Moulla, Tanja Gradistanac, Christian Wittekind, Uwe Eichfeld, Ines Gockel, Arne Dietrich
Carbon dioxide de-airing in minimal invasive cardiac surgery, a new effective device
- Open Access
- Research article
Jesper Nyman, Peter Svenarud, Jan van der Linden
Digital chest drainage system versus traditional chest drainage system after pulmonary resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Hong Wang, Wenbin Hu, Liang Ma, Yiran Zhang
Remote ischemic conditioning during primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Ren Gong, Yan-Qing Wu
Relaxation matters: comparison of in-vitro vasodilatory role of botulinum toxin-A and papaverine in human radial artery grafts
- Open Access
- Research article
Omer Tanyeli, Ipek Duman, Yuksel Dereli, Niyazi Gormus, Hatice Toy, Ayse Saide Sahin
Successful en bloc endoscopic full-thickness resection of a giant cervical esophageal leiomyoma originating from muscularis propria
- Open Access
- Case report
Sumin Zhu, Jie Lin, Shu Huang
Video-assisted thoracoscopic cardiac denervation of refractory ventricular arrhythmias and electrical storms: a single-center series
- Open Access
- Case report
Luis Jaime Téllez, Juan Carlos Garzón, Eric Edward Vinck, Julian David Castellanos
Is single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery for mediastinal cystectomy feasible?
- Open Access
- Research article
Nanqing Jiang, Yiming Lu, Jun Wang
Adult lung transplantation case-volume and in-hospital and long-term mortality in Korea
- Open Access
- Research article
Susie Yoon, Eun Jin Jang, Ga Hee Kim, Dal Ho Kim, Tae-Yoon Lim, Hannah Lee, Ho Geol Ryu
Neo-generation of neogenetic bullae after surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax in young adults: a prospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Takuya Onuki, Tomoyuki Kawamura, Shuntaro Kawabata, Masatoshi Yamaoka, Masaharu Inagaki
Tracheal suspension with autogenous rib cartilage in a patient with severe tracheomalacia
- Open Access
- Case report
Shuonan Xu, Jianfei Zhu, Guolong Zhao, Shudong Li
RhoA/rho-kinase, nitric oxide and inflammatory response in LIMA during OPCABG with isoflurane preconditioning
- Open Access
- Research article
Liang Zhang, Cheng-Bin Wang, Bo Li, Duo-Mao Lin, Jun Ma
Neurological complications after cardiac surgery: a retrospective case-control study of risk factors and outcome
- Open Access
- Research article
Giuseppe Maria Raffa, Francesco Agnello, Giovanna Occhipinti, Roberto Miraglia, Vincenzina Lo Re, Gianluca Marrone, Fabio Tuzzolino, Antonio Arcadipane, Michele Pilato, Angelo Luca
ABO-identical matching has no superiority in long-term survival in comparison to ABO-compatible matching in lung transplantation
- Open Access
- Research article
Mohammed Fakhro, Hillevi Larsson, Malin Malmsjö, Lars Algotsson, Sandra Lindstedt
Feasibility of primary sternal plating for morbidly obese patients after cardiac surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Joshua M. Liao, Patrick Chan, Lorraine Cornwell, Peter I. Tsai, Joseph H. Joo, Faisal G. Bakaeen, James D. Luketich, Danny Chu
Serological cytokine profiles of cardiac rejection and lung infection after heart transplantation in rats
- Open Access
- Research article
Hao Chen, Juhua Yang, Shengchao Zhang, Xuan Qin, Wei Jin, Lihua Sun, Feng Li, Yunfeng Cheng
The role of HIF-1α-VEGF pathway in bronchiolitis obliterans after lung transplantation
- Open Access
- Research article
Haichao Xu, Abudumailamu Abuduwufuer, Wang Lv, Zhenyu Zhou, Yunhai Yang, Chong Zhang, Jian Hu
Isolated right atrial rupture from blunt trauma: a case report with systematic review of a lethal injury
- Open Access
- Case report
Tareq Maraqa, Mohamed A. T. Mohamed, Kenneth L. Wilson, Vinu Perinjelil, Gul R. Sachwani-Daswani, Leo Mercer
A graft inversion technique for retrograde type A aortic dissection after thoracic endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research article
Wenbin Hu, Yiran Zhang, Lei Guo, Jingya Fan, Yuan Lu, Liang Ma
Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma that was continuous with the mitral valve caused severe thrombocytopenia: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Guodong Zhang, Qing Gao, Shenglong Chen, Yu Chen
Correction to: Predictive risk factors for lymph node metastasis in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer: a case control study
- Open Access
- Correction
Yusef Moulla, Tanja Gradistanac, Christian Wittekind, Uwe Eichfeld, Ines Gockel, Arne Dietrich
Long-term results of radical pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis in Korean population
- Open Access
- Research article
Min Suk Choi, Dong Seop Jeong, Jae K. Oh, Sung-A Chang, Sung-Ji Park, Chung Suryeun
Congenital aneurysmal right coronary artery with a fistula to the left atrium in an adult
- Open Access
- Case report
Neerod Kumar Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, Nishant Shah, Arif Al Mulla, Bassem Mora
Comparison of conventional and primary sutureless surgery for repairing supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage
- Open Access
- Research article
Yongfeng Zhu, Hewen Qi, Yunzhou Jin
The aberrant systemic-pulmonary artery communication: three-dimensional image simulation
- Open Access
- Case report
Chun-Lin Kuo, Kuan-Hsun Lin, Kai-Hsiung Ko, Tsai-Wang Huang
Wine cup stoma anastomosis after extended sleeve lobectomy for central-type squamous cell lung cancer
- Open Access
- Case report
Mitsunori Higuchi, Masayuki Watanabe, Kotaro Endo, Ikuro Oshibe, Nobutoshi Soeta, Takuro Saito, Hiroshi Hojo, Hiroyuki Suzuki
Correction to: Trimodally treatment for stage IIIa NSCLC patients increases survival while not effecting surgical mortality or complexity
- Open Access
- Correction
Dan Aravot, Yaron D. Barac, Efrat Krutzwald-Josefson, Aaron M. Allen, Dov Flex, Nir Peled, Mordechai R. Kramer, Yuri Peysakhovich, Milton Saute
Internal thoracic artery patch repair of a saccular left main coronary artery aneurysm
- Open Access
- Case report
Tomohiro Iwakura, Kouji Toguchi, Ippei Kato, Noriko Asakawa
A comparison of heparinised and non-heparinised normal saline solutions for maintaining the patency of arterial pressure measurement cannulae after heart surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Jianqiu Xiong, Tuo Pan, Hua Jin, Xiaoli Xie, Yan Wang, Dongjin Wang
Reconstruction of anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery in an adult patient: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Kazuki Mori, Hirofumi Anai, Tomoyuki Wada, Takashi Shuto, Shinji Miyamoto
Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis complicated with multiple lung abscesses and thoracic empyema as different pathogens: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Ya-Fu Cheng, Yung-Kun Hsieh, Bing-Yen Wang, Ching-Yugn Cheng, Chang-Lun Huang
Dual approach for large mediastinal tumors in the thoracic outlet: transmanubrial osteomuscular sparing approach and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
- Open Access
- Case report
Hidenao Kayawake, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Date
Computed tomography-guided simultaneous coil localization as a bridge to one-stage surgery for multiple lung nodules: a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Yu-Fei Fu, Yong-Guang Gao, Miao Zhang, Tao Wang, Yi-Bing Shi, Ya-Yong Huang
How should we treat uncomplicated subacute type B aortic dissection in octogenarians?
- Open Access
- Research article
Ken Nakamura, Tetsuro Uchida, Azumi Hamasaki, Mitsuaki Sadahiro
Surgical management versus non-surgical management of rib fractures in chest trauma:a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Xin Liu, Kai Xiong
Evaluation of preoperative risk factors and postoperative indicators for anastomotic leak of minimally invasive McKeown esophagectomy: a single-center retrospective analysis
- Open Access
- Research article
Chuan Gao, Gang Xu, Changyong Wang, Dong Wang
An alternative solution for patient with high risk of coronary obstruction underwent TAVI procedure using a novel second-generation device – a case series
- Open Access
- Case report
Hong Qian, Yucheng Chen, Zhaoyun Cheng, Yingqiang Guo
Hybrid bronchoscopic and surgical resection of endotracheal angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma
- Open Access
- Case report
Wobbe Bouma, Kor Johan Koning, Albert J. H. Suurmeijer, Dirk Jan Slebos, Massimo A. Mariani, Theo J. Klinkenberg
Surgical reconstruction for congenital tracheal malformation and pulmonary artery sling
- Open Access
- Research article
Vu Huu Vinh, Huynh Quang Khanh, Nguyen Viet Dang Quang
Endoscopic central airway recanalization to enable first line pembrolizumab treatment in a PD-L1 strongly positive non-small cell lung cancer: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Alfonso Fiorelli, Fabio Perrotta, Mariano Mollica, Mario Santini, Fabiana Vitiello, Marina Gilli, Cecilia Calabrese, Andrea Bianco
Arterial stiffness is a predictor for acute kidney injury following coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Sharlene A. Greenwood, Emmanuel Mangahis, Ellen M. Castle, Joe Wang, Jackie Campbell, Ranjit Deshpande, Satish Jayawardene
Giant coronary aneurysms producing chest pain
- Open Access
- Case report
Raymond Pfister, Yalda Sadeghi, Javier Orrit, René Prêtre
Novel roles of vibration transmittance in fracture testing
- Open Access
- Letter to the Editor
Aaron R. Casha, Kieran Chircop, Marilyn Gauci, Joseph N. Grima
Impact of coronary angiography early after CABG for suspected postoperative myocardial ischemia
- Open Access
- Research article
Leopold Rupprecht, Christof Schmid, Kurt Debl, Dirk Lunz, Bernhard Flörchinger, Andreas Keyser
Obstructive teratoma in the right ventricle of a newborn: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Yasser Farid, Louis Chebli, Valérie Seghers, Wendy Dewals, Ahmed Sanoussi, Pierre Wauthy
Value of cardiac computed tomography angiography in pre-operative assessment of infective endocarditis
- Open Access
- Research article
Narumol Chaosuwannakit, Pattarapong Makarawate
Solid component tumor doubling time is a prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer patients
- Open Access
- Research article
Kentaro Miura, Kazutoshi Hamanaka, Tomonobu Koizumi, Satoshi Kawakami, Nobutaka Kobayashi, Ken-ichi Ito
Pattern of recurrence and prognostic factors in patients with pT1-3 N0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after surgery: analysis of a single center experience
- Open Access
- Research article
Gang Lin, Haibo Liu, Jian Li
A case report on epicardial ultrasonography of coronary anastomoses using a stabilizing device without the use of ultrasound gel
- Open Access
- Case report
Jan Jesper Andreasen, Dorte Nøhr, Alex Skovsbo Jørgensen
Risk factors of atrial fibrillation occurring after radical surgery of esophageal carcinoma
- Open Access
- Research article
Jun Tang, Jian-zhu Zhao, Kai-ming Ren, Fu-shuang Zheng, Xi-wen Wang, Hai-jun Liu, Jun-gang Zhao, Ji-bin Lu
Pericardial closure with extracellular matrix scaffold following cardiac surgery associated with a reduction of postoperative complications and 30-day hospital readmissions
- Open Access
- Research article
Alfredo Rego, Patricia C. Cheung, William J. Harris, Kevin M. Brady, Jeffrey Newman, Robert Still
Influence of Mitroflow bioprosthesis structural valve deterioration on cardiac morbidity
- Open Access
- Research article
Farhad Waziri, Zarmiga Karunanithi, Brian Bridal Løgstrup, Vibeke Hjortdal, Per Hostrup Nielsen, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen
Prediction of lymph node status in completely resected IIIa/N2 small cell lung cancer: importance of subcarinal station metastases
- Open Access
- Research article
Rong Qiao, Runbo Zhong, Jianlin Xu, Yanwei Zhang, Bo Zhang, Shuyuan Wang, Yuqing Lou, Dongfang Chen, Qing Chang, Yizhuo Zhao, Baohui Han
Impact of bleeding complications on length of stay and critical care utilization in cardiac surgery patients in England
- Open Access
- Research article
Nawwar Al-Attar, Stephen Johnston, Nadine Jamous, Sameer Mistry, Ena Ghosh, Gaurav Gangoli, Walter Danker, Katherine Etter, Eric Ammann
Right aortic arch with an aberrant left subclavian artery and aortic coarctation including a descending aortic aneurysm
- Open Access
- Case report
Frantisek Sabol, Peter Candik, Adrian Kolesar, Tomas Toporcer
Esophageal adenocarcinoma with leukemoid reaction: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Ge Yu, Huaijun Ji, Chuizheng Meng, Yixuan Huang, Guogang Gao, Chuanping Liu, Shanlei Wang, Lei Zhang, Jin Ju
Correction of postpneumonectomy syndrome after bronchopleural fistula
- Open Access
- Case report
Max S. Yudovich, Eliza W. Beal, Desmond M. D’Souza, Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, Robert E. Merritt, Peter J. Kneuertz
Hybrid treatment of an unusual traumatic aortic arch rupture with pseudoaneurysm: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Shoujun Tang, Shengjie Tang, Li Yu, Yongheng Zhang, Haining Zhou
Intrapericardial gossypiboma found 14 years after coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Case report
Fatmir Caushi, Lindita Çoku, Ilir Skenduli, Daniela Xhemalaj, Arian Mezini, Emira Hysa, Francesco Rulli
Changes in the levels of inflammatory markers after transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defects in pediatric patients
- Open Access
- Research article
Jiang-Shan Huang, Qiang Chen, Liang-Wan Chen, Yur-Ren Kuo, Zhi-Nuan Hong, Hua Cao
Unilateral single-port thoracoscopic surgery for bilateral pneumothorax or pulmonary bullae
- Open Access
- Research article
Xiaojian Li, Xiaojin Wang, Huayong Zhang, Hua Cheng, Qingdong Cao
Yellow nail syndrome resulting from cardiac mitral valve replacement
- Open Access
- Case report
Hossein Sarmast, Ahmad Takriti
Esophageal bypass surgery as a definitive repair of recurrent acquired benign bronchoesophageal fistula
- Open Access
- Case report
Jiri Vachtenheim Jr, Robert Lischke
The predictive value of the prognostic nutritional index for postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing on-pump coronary bypass surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Ahmet Dolapoglu, Eyup Avci, Tuncay Kiris, Onursal Bugra
Failed MitraClip therapy: surgical revision in high-risk patients
- Open Access
- Research article
Sabreen Mkalaluh, Marcin Szczechowicz, Matthias Karck, Alexander Weymann
Minimally invasive and conventional surgical treatment of primary benign cardiac tumors
- Open Access
- Research article
Congcong Luo, Jiaquan Zhu, Chunrong Bao, Fangbao Ding, Ju Mei
Right ventricular remodeling after conduit replacement in patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot - evaluation by cardiac magnetic resonance
- Open Access
- Research article
Henrik Guné, Johan Sjögren, Marcus Carlsson, Ronny Gustafsson, Pia Sjöberg, Shahab Nozohoor
Assessment of postoperative pain management and comparison of effectiveness of pain relief treatment involving paravertebral block and thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing posterolateral thoracotomy
- Open Access
- Research article
Małgorzata Edyta Wojtyś, Józef Wąsikowski, Norbert Wójcik, Janusz Wójcik, Piotr Wasilewski, Piotr Lisowski, Tomasz Grodzki
Sternal resection and reconstruction for metastasis due to breast cancer: the Marlex sandwich technique and implantation of a pedicled latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap
- Open Access
- Case report
Nozomu Motono, Kenichi Shimada, Toru Kamata, Hidetaka Uramoto
Right ventricular failure following left ventricular assist device implantation is associated with a preoperative pro-inflammatory response
- Open Access
- Research article
Paul C. Tang, Jonathan W. Haft, Matthew A. Romano, Abbas Bitar, Reema Hasan, Maryse Palardy, Keith D. Aaronson, Francis D. Pagani
Increased risk for the development of postoperative severe hypoxemia in obese women with acute type a aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Research article
Ming Gong, Zining Wu, Shijun Xu, Lei Li, Xiaolong Wang, Xinliang Guan, Hongjia Zhang
The surgical treatment of anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta
- Open Access
- Research article
Shuo Dong, Jun Yan, Haitao Xu, Yabing Duan, Chun Liu
3D printing and thoracoscopy assisted MIPO in treatment of long-range comminuted rib fractures, a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Xuetao Zhou, Dongsheng Zhang, Zexin Xie, Menghui Chen, Yang Yang, Zheng Liang, Guoliang Zhang
Etiology of right ventricular restrictive physiology early after repair of tetralogy of Fallot in pediatric patients
- Open Access
- Research article
Bhushan Sandeep, Xin Huang, Fan Xu, Pengxiao Su, Ting Wang, Xiaoke Sun
SUPERIOR SVG: no touch saphenous harvesting to improve patency following coronary bypass grafting (a multi-Centre randomized control trial, NCT01047449)
- Open Access
- Research article
Saswata Deb, Steve K. Singh, Domingos de Souza, Michael W. A. Chu, Richard Whitlock, Steven R. Meyer, Subodh Verma, Anders Jeppsson, Ayman Al-Saleh, Katheryn Brady, Purnima Rao-Melacini, Emilie P. Belley-Cote, Derrick Y. Tam, P. J. Devereaux, Richard J. Novick, Stephen E. Fremes
Multiple spindle cell hemangiomas in both lungs: a rare case report and review of the literature
- Open Access
- Case report
Xiao Duqing, Wu Zhaohong, Wang Gefei
In situ laser fenestration for revascularization of aortic arch during treatment for iatrogenic type A aortic dissection
- Open Access
- Case report
Minjian Kong, Jianfang Qian, Qunjun Duan, Xuebiao Li, Aiqiang Dong
A case report: Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe blunt thoracic trauma
- Open Access
- Case report
Fumihiro Ogawa, Takuma Sakai, Ko Takahashi, Makoto Kato, Keishi Yamaguchi, Sayo Okazaki, Takeru Abe, Masayuki Iwashita, Ichiro Takeuchi
Differential lung ventilation for increased oxygenation during one lung ventilation for video assisted lung surgery
- Open Access
- Research article
Ran Kremer, Wisam Aboud, Ori Haberfeld, Maruan Armali, Michal Barak
Cardiopulmonary bypass time is an independent risk factor for acute kidney injury in emergent thoracic aortic surgery: a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Research article
Shijun Xu, Jie Liu, Lei Li, Zining Wu, Jiachen Li, Yongmin Liu, Junming Zhu, Lizhong Sun, Xinliang Guan, Ming Gong, Hongjia Zhang
Improved operative and recovery times with mini-thoracotomy aortic valve replacement
- Open Access
- Research article
Anna Olds, Siavash Saadat, Anthony Azzolini, Viktor Dombrovskiy, Karen Odroniec, Anthony Lemaire, Aziz Ghaly, Leonard Y. Lee
Ischemia time impacts on respiratory chain functions and Ca2+-handling of cardiac subsarcolemmal mitochondria subjected to ischemia reperfusion injury
- Open Access
- Research article
Marcus Leistner, Stefanie Sommer, Peer Kanofsky, Rainer Leyh, Sebastian-Patrick Sommer
Unusual rupture of left ventricular pseudo-false aneurysm secondary to subacute anterolateral myocardial infarction: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Masaho Okada, Hirotaka Watanuki, Kayo Sugiyama, Yasuhiro Futamura, Katsuhiko Matsuyama
Aortic root surgery with the CARDIOROOT vascular graft: results of a prospective multicenter post-market surveillance study
- Open Access
- Research article
Giordano Tasca, Jaroslav Lindner, Laurent Barandon, Petr Santavy, Carlo Antona, Jan Burkert, Amando Gamba
Giant cavernous hemangioma of the eleventh rib
- Open Access
- Case report
Heping Huang, Chengdong Ning, Yu Pan
Giant intrathoracic teratoma presenting with cachexia and severe dyspnea
- Open Access
- Case report
Emma Ryan, Hani Shennib, Sanjeev Gopal
Reliability and safety of minimally invasive esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation: a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Guangyuan Liu, Yongtao Han, Lin Peng, Kangning Wang, Yu Fan
A retrospective analysis of 62,571 cases of perioperative adverse events in thoracic surgery at a tertiary care teaching hospital in a developing country
- Open Access
- Research article
Qiongzhen Li, Xiaofeng Zhang, Meiying Xu, Jingxiang Wu
Extensibility of autologous pericardium roll conduit in non-confluent pulmonary artery: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Fumiya Yoneyama, Toru Okamura, Yorikazu Harada
Retroaortic closure of thoracic duct in the management of persistent chylothorax: a case report
- Open Access
- Case report
Francesco Paolo Caronia, Giuseppe Di Miceli, Andrea Macaluso, Damiano Librizzi, Francesco Sgalambro, Alfonso Fiorelli
Mini open stent grafting with half sternotomy for aortic arch aneurysm
- Open Access
- Case report
Tamaki Takano, Masayuki Sakaguchi, Takamitsu Terasaki, Taishi Fujii, Yusuke Date, Mugumi Fuke, Kai Machida
Comparison of modified total leaflet preservation, posterior leaflet preservation, and no leaflet preservation techniques in mitral valve replacement – a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Yilong Guo, Shuwu He, Tianguang Wang, Zelun Chen, Yue Shu
Current indications for the intrathoracic transposition of the omentum
- Open Access
- Review
Petre V. H. Botianu
The experience of transcatheter closure of postoperative ventricular septal defect after total correction
- Open Access
- Research article
N’goran Yves N’da Kouakou, Jinyoung Song, June Huh, I-Seok Kang
Analysis of the advantages of 3D printing in the surgical treatment of multiple rib fractures: 5 cases report
- Open Access
- Case report
Xue-tao Zhou, Dong-sheng Zhang, Yang Yang, Guo-liang Zhang, Ze-xin Xie, Meng-hui Chen, Zheng Liang
Repair of partial atrioventricular canal defect in adult patients: two-year follow-up outcomes of a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research article
Lingyun Song, Yunfei Ling, Qi An
Higher arterial pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass may not reduce the risk of acute kidney injury
- Open Access
- Research article
Kristian Kandler, Jens C. Nilsson, Peter Oturai, Mathias E. Jensen, Christian H. Møller, Jens Otto Clemmesen, Henrik C. Arendrup, Daniel A. Steinbrüchel
Mitral valve repair: moving towards a personalized ring
- Open Access
- Research article
Antonios Pitsis, Timotheos Kelpis, Efstratios Theofilogiannakos, Nikolaos Tsotsolis, Harisios Boudoulas, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas
Impact of patients´ age on short and long-term outcome after carotid endarterectomy and simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting
- Open Access
- Research article
Mona Salehi Ravesh, Rene Rusch, Christine Friedrich, Christoph Teickner, Rouven Berndt, Assad Haneya, Jochen Cremer, Thomas Pühler
Heart in the ‘jaws’ of a constrictor, unusual cause of subacute right heart failure
- Open Access
- Case report
Geoffrey Joseph Changwe, Zhang Wenlong, Haizhou Zhang, Chengwei Zou
Combined recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring and one-lung ventilation using the EZ-Blocker and an electromyographic endotracheal tube
- Open Access
- Research article
Andreas Moritz, Joachim Schmidt, Waldemar Schreiner, Torsten Birkholz, Horia Sirbu, Andrea Irouschek
Echocardiographic evaluation of non-surgically treated mild-to-moderate mitral dysfunction in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement
- Open Access
- Research article
Gwan Sic Kim, Joon Bum Kim, Suk Jung Choo, Cheol Hyun Chung, Jae Won Lee, Sung-Ho Jung
Extralobar pulmonary sequestration with absence of pericardium and atrial septal defect in a woman
- Open Access
- Case report
Zhenhuan Tian, Yuncan Zhou, Hongsheng Liu
Correction to: Prognostic significance of preoperative plasma D-dimer level in patients with surgically resected clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Correction
Kaoru Kaseda, Keisuke Asakura, Akio Kazama, Yukihiko Ozawa
Application of trans-thoracic echocardiography and coronary CT angiography to diagnose mitral valve prolapse
- Open Access
- Research article
Jingbo Li, Yun Zhang, Liulong Zhang, Deyong Lv, Hui Song, Haifeng Zhang, Guangyan Zhou, Hong Li
Outcomes of completion lobectomy long after segmentectomy
- Open Access
- Research article
Yuki Takahashi, Masahiro Miyajima, Makoto Tada, Ryunosuke Maki, Taijiro Mishina, Atsushi Watanabe
Single-stage hybrid repair of a ruptured Kommerell diverticulum associated with dextrorotation, bovine arch, and bicuspid aortic valve
- Open Access
- Case report
Jeko M. Madjarov, Michael G. Katz, Sarah M. Gubara, Svetozar Madzharov, Kevin Reames, Sophia Madjarova, Francis Robicsek
A comparative study of thoracoscopic and open surgery of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in neonates
- Open Access
- Research article
Jing Qin, Yongying Ren, Deliang Ma
A meta-analysis of perventricular device closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect
- Open Access
- Research article
Zhi-Nuan Hong, Qiang Chen, Li-Qin Huang, Hua Cao
Long-term outcome after mitral valve replacement using biological versus mechanical valves
- Open Access
- Research article
Ayse Cetinkaya, Julia Poggenpohl, Karin Bramlage, Stefan Hein, Mirko Doss, Peter Bramlage, Markus Schönburg, Manfred Richter
Thoracoscopic epicardial left ventricular bipolar lead implantation with the use of automated titanium fasteners (Cor-Knot®)
- Open Access
- Case report
Thibault Schaeffer, Constantin Mork, Joachim Erb, Oliver Reuthebuch
Surgical management of organizing pneumonia: a retrospective study of 24 cases in a single Centre
- Open Access
- Research article
Ge Yu, Huaijun Ji, Chuizheng Meng, Yixuan Huang, Guogang Gao, Chuanping Liu, Shanlei Wang, Lei Zhang, Jin Ju
Total laparoscopic and thoracoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy after neoadjuvant Chemoradiation with minimal overall and anastomotic complications
- Open Access
- Research article
Robert E. Merritt, Peter J. Kneuertz, Desmond M. D’Souza, Kyle A. Perry
A simple mouse model of pericardial adhesions
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